Because of long-lasting winter and excessive precipitation Yerevan may face a dangerous situation at the beginning of the spring and during melting, especially when a drastic increase in temperature is observed. This situation was discussed

Currently the water intake from Ararat Valley makes up 1.6 billion m3, out of which 800 million m3 is directed to fish breeding, 581 million m3 is directed to irrigation, 190 million m3 is for household purposes and 29 million

Around 574 business entities in Armenia are operating without water usage permits in Armenia, as RA Nature Protection Minister Artsvik Minasyan reported to RA Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan at the consultation

“Ararat valley artesian basin is extremely endangered today and it’s the result of poor exploitation. We annually take around 1 billion cum water of purest quality for fish farms, make it non-suitable for irrigation and

“Qajaran combine takes the high-quality clean drinking water from the upper reach of the Voghji River, which is used in the mining, then this water turns into sewage, which flows into the tailing dump and then into the rivers thus polluting

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